Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022 News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said cow is mother and sacred to many people and those who find this as “sin” don’t realise that livelihood of crores of people depends on cattle. The PM was addressing a rally after inaugurating and laying foundation stones of 27 projects worth Rs 2,095 crore in Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, just months ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Taking a jibe at rival parties, he said those making jokes on cows and buffaloes forget that the livelihood of crores of people depends on “pashudhan” (livestock). “Cow is mother and sacred to us,” he said, adding that some find it as “sin”. In an apparent attack on the Samajwadi Party, Modi said their dictionary contains “mafiavad” and “parivarvad”. “For us, the priority is ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas,” the PM said.
Some people have created such a situation that some people have made it a crime to talk about cow, cow dung here. Cow may be a crime for some people, for us cow is mother: PM Modi in Varanasi
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Speaking to reporters this morning, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary, when asked about the seat-sharing arrangement with the Samajwadi Party, said that his party has an understanding with SP and they will contest all 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh together.
Several pre-poll surveys have predicted a comfortable victory for the BJP, but also an upsurge for the Samajwadi Party which has joined hands with Jayant Chaudhary-led RLD and Om Prakash Rajbhar's SBSP, a former ally of the BJP. The Congress is once again expected to suffer a poll debacle in the politically crucial state where it has been struggling to regain its lost ground.